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Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer and then Simpson; June 19, 1896 [a] – April 24, 1986) was an American socialite and wife of former king Edward VIII. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication .
Ernest Aldrich Simpson (6 May 1897 – 30 November 1958) was an American-born British shipbroker, who was the second husband of Wallis Simpson, later the wife of the former King Edward VIII. Simpson served as an officer in the Coldstream Guards before becoming a shipbroker in the family firm of SSY .
Wallis Simpson's divorce from her second husband, U.S.-born British shipbroker Ernest Simpson, became permanent when the mandatory six months elapsed after the divorce decree was issued. The former Mrs. Simpson was now free to marry again and made plans to marry the former King Edward VIII, who had become the Duke of Windsor. [130] Born:
After several separations, the Spencers divorced in December 1927. After a second marriage, to Ernest Aldrich Simpson, and a subsequent divorce, Wallis Spencer married the former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom and became the Duchess of Windsor. Mariam J. Maze (1895–1997) the former wife of Albert Cressey Maze (1891–1943).
See photos of Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII together: According to People, Simpson had reportedly also told a longtime friend, Herman Rogers, that she loved him. Though she met him as her ...
Joan Collins is to play Wallis Simpson in a biopic about the American socialite whose relationship with the British King led to his abdication.. The 91-year-old actress revealed that the cameras ...
Joan Collins attends the "Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins' Story" U.K. Premiere at The Curzon Mayfair on July 1, 2021 in London, England and The Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, at her greenhouse ...
This process awaited the conclusion of a legally required six-month period to allow the completion of Simpson's divorce from her husband Ernest Simpson. Following the conclusion of this period, it was the former King's strong desire to be married to Wallis under the auspices of the Church of England, the church of which he had been Supreme ...